Storm-door



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FEGEFICATIQN forming parrcf- Letters Patent No. 339,567, 'datedrnprn e, 198e.

Application inea February so, 1ste." serial hawaen (No @tutti To all whom/ jt may concern: l

Beit known'that-Y I, WILLIALLR. LYLE, a citizen Vof the United States, and a resident of Ripon, in the countybf Fond du Lac and State ofvVisconsin, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Storm-Doorspand I` do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will 'enable' others skilled inthegartto which it' appertainsto make and use vthe saine, refer-y ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which-jf Figure 1 is a view of the inside of a screen- Y door in' which are vshown two modiiieationsY of the method of securing the parts of the panel in position; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional vicwof the same, taken on the lineY g/ y of Fig. 8.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iignres.

My'invention relates to screenfdoors, and has for Yits object to provide means by which they can be easily and quickly converted into stornrdoors, which object is accomplished by the construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of a common screen-door, and B the wire covering upon the outside.

C represents a panel of wood or other suitable material, secured in place upon Vthe inside of the door by means of screws or nails D, placed alongthe inside of the frame. Instead of nails, however, strips of molding can be used, beneath which the edges of the panel are slipped and secured.

I prefer to make the panel of two pieces of material, which together are a little wider than the inside width of the frame, so that when they are placed with their outer edges bearing against the sides of the i'raine they will lap enough to make a water-tight joint.

A toggle-joint, E, at the top and bottom of the two parts of the panel secure them to- I l gether,;and also-providev a means by which they can be spread apart, and a thumb-nut, F, atc the center ofthe joint, furnishesa means by 'which they can be held in Vposition they-are Vspread apart.

' Instead of toggle-joint, can be hinged together,as shownin Fig. 3,

and va catch, H, upon 'the other. l Vhen this Vmethod 'isemployed thepanel is placed in positionV by folding it up'in the middle-as shown in Fig.4, instead of being slipped over one another, as shown in Fig. 1I, until the edges can be introduced under the nails or molding at the sidesof the frame.

Then the molding I is used, it eanbe placed at the sides or at the top and bottom, or en- `tirel y around the inside portion of the frame.

the other the panel can be made of a single pieeeof material, and can be placed in position by slipping the upper edge nude-r the wide piece ot' molding until the bottom edge will pass over the narrow strip, and then let ting it drop down into place behind the lower strip. good advantage with the panel made in two pieces, as then the molding can be made to extend entirely around the frame, and after the panel is in place behind the top and bottop pieces it can be spread apart so as to pass behind the side pieces of molding. Itwillbe seen that by this means a close jointis made all around, and that it will be impossible for the rain or storm to pass to the inside of the door.

The device is cheap, simple, and effective, easily put up, and easily removed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters lPatent of the United States- 1. The combination, with the frame of a screen-door, of a removable panel secured thereto, said panel being composed of two pieces, said pieces being adjustably secured together at their middle portions, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the irame of a screen-door, of a removable panel secured after.

the parts ofthe panel and a latch," G, can' be secured`to one-part This method can also be used to very Y By making one of the pieces .I wider thanthereto, said panel being composed of two zoo pieces, which together are wider than the my own I have hereunto affixed my signature inside Width of the fra-nie and overlap each in presence of two Witnesses. other at their middle portion, and a togglejoint having ai thumb-nut at its center seeur 5 ing said two pieces together` at their top and IVitneSses:

at their bottom, as shown and described. GEO. L. FIELD,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ED. REICHMUTH.

WILLIAM R. LYLE. 

